Elma

Diminutive of Wilhelmina, German and Dutch

"resolute protection"

The name Elma is currently ranked #988 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #209 in 1901. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in ELMA, ELMA, and ELMA. Elma is occasionally used for boys in 1957.

Elma Rank in US Top 1000

# 988 in the US

Popularity of the name Elma

• 53 Israel 2023
• 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2024

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Famous People Named Elma

• Elma de Vries Dutch marathon speed skater
• Elma Dienda Namibian politician & teacher
• Elma Salinas Ender youngest woman to serve as Texas judge
• Elma Francois (1897 1944), Africentric political activist
• Elma Karlowa German actress
• Elma Lewis founder of National Center of Afro,American Artists
• Elma Maua (1948 2010), New Zealand journalist & editor
• Elma Mitchell British poet
• Elma Napier Scottish,born writer & politician
• Elma Sinanovic Bosnian singer
• Elma Stuckey (1907 '88), African American poet
• Elma Mary Williams author from the UK
• Gulielma "Elma" Sands the victim in the Manhattan Well murder trial of 1800, the first recorded murder case in the US

The name Elma in Pop Culture

• Elma Center New York, town of 2, 500
• Elma Iowa, town of 550
• Elma Leivonen character from manga/anime "Strike Witches"
• Also short for Guglielma the feminine form of Guglielmo